Polymers – Page 16
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ResearchTuring patterned membrane takes on water purification
Mathematician Alan Turing’s sole chemistry paper inspires self-assembling spotted and striped polymer structures
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ResearchSniffing out museums' decaying plastic artefacts
Analysing volatile compounds may help museums protect old celluloid film and other polymer heritage items
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ResearchSkin-mimic material is as tough as teeth
Self-healing material combines best of skin’s properties
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NewsChemicals strategy to lay out UK government aspirations after Brexit
Twenty-five year environment plan short on details
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ResearchUnpicking a unique molecular network
Computational modelling informs self-assembly solution
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ResearchLongest molecular chain paves way to interlocked polymers
Polymers made of mechanically interlocked molecules could make for strong but flexible materials
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ResearchRoundworms transfer nanoplastics to offspring
Study finds that nanoparticles translocate to gonads of model organism and can end up in next generation
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NewsConventions governing polymers' names revised
Polymer nomenclature based on structure of repeating unit aims to iron out inconsistencies
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PodcastPolybutene
Kit Chapman discovers the compound that blighted Nixon’s second presidential inauguration by littering the route with dead pigeons
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ResearchInorganic polystyrene gives old material a new backbone
New catalytic route opens the door to polymers made from boron and nitrogen
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ResearchFirst liquid MOF could get material discovery flowing
Data and modelling show framework and porous structure are retained after melting
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ResearchFirst for cells as they're made to manufacture fluorinated bioplastics
Genetically modified bacteria could make synthesis of new materials more sustainable
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BusinessBASF to buy Solvay’s polyamide business
€1.6bn deal covers 2400 employees at sites in Europe, Asia and the Americas
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ResearchChiral catalyst switches selectivity in seconds
Helical copper compound’s enantioselectivity can be inverted while reaction is running
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ResearchCastable polymers made from castor beans
Super-tough materials derived from inedible plants are lightweight, renewable and strong enough to use in vehicles
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ResearchSelf-destructing circuits mimic Mission: impossible tape
Transient electronics with programmable shelf-life could be handy for medicine and military
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ResearchGraphene and phosphorus make fire-stopping foam
Flame retardant hybrid material is light enough to sit on the petals of a flower
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ResearchLadder polymer ‘unzipped’ with a pull
Polyladderene transformed to polyacetylene using mechanochemistry
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ResearchThree-quarters of all the plastic ever made is now waste
The overall mass of plastic generated since 1950 is more than 41.5 million blue whales